What was the Apollo 14 lunar module called?

What was the Apollo 14 lunar module called? The Apollo 14 lunar module was called Antares. It carried Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell from lunar orbit to the Moon’s surface in February 1971.

Antares landed in the Fra Mauro highlands during a mission originally planned as Apollo 13’s lunar expedition. After Apollo 13 suffered its oxygen-tank failure, NASA reassigned the Fra Mauro objective to Apollo 14. The lunar module’s descent was complicated by an erroneous abort signal and a landing-radar problem, but software changes and crew action allowed the landing to proceed.

The name Antares came from the bright red supergiant star in the constellation Scorpius. Apollo 14’s command module, flown separately by Stuart Roosa, was named Kitty Hawk. A frequent mix-up is reversing those names or confusing Antares with Falcon, the lunar module used on Apollo 15.